 Flag of the Red Cross | |
| Formation | 1946 |
|---|---|
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | foundation |
| Purpose | humanitarian |
| Headquarters | Beirut |
Region served | Lebanon |
Budget | CHF 7.1 million (2000) [1] |
| Website | www |
The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) (Arabic: الصليب الأحمر اللبناني, al-Ṣalīb al-aḥmar al-lubnānī) is a humanitarian organization and an auxiliary team to the medical service of the Lebanese Army. Its headquarters is in the Lebanese capital city of Beirut. Founded in 1945, the organization comprises approximately 7,000 members/volunteers and 200 staff personnel.[citation needed] The society works with the International Federation and the ICRC, and on a bilateral basis with the Norwegian and the French Red Cross. As of 2008, the LRC also worked with the relevant components of the Lebanese authorities, with UN agencies and NGOs.[1]
On account of its Christian majority until an indeterminate point in the third quarter of the 20th century, and its lack of any state religion, Lebanon is the only Arab League member state to use the Red Cross as its symbol; the remainder use the Red Crescent.[citation needed]
The Lebanese Red Cross was led as of 2021 by Secretary General Georges Kettaneh.[2]
- ^ a b "Lebanese Red Cross". (pdf) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.
- ^ Lebanese Red Cross: We're trying to give hope - CNN Video, 4 August 2021, retrieved 2021-11-27